Vickers Viscount crash, Sep 29, 1960 (23 killed), Elbe Is...
Vickers Viscount accident on September 29, 1960 near Elbe Island Tuscany, Italy with 23 fatalities. Cause: Aircraft penetrated a severe thunderstorm...
- Date: September 29, 1960
- Aircraft: Vickers Viscount
- Location: Elbe Island Tuscany, Italy
- Fatalities: 23
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Aircraft penetrated a severe thunderstorm and broke up in flight before crashing into the Tyrrhenian Sea.
A United Arab Airlines Vickers Viscount flying from Geneva toward Rome broke up in flight after entering a severe thunderstorm and crashed into the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Elba on 29 September 1960. Everyone on board was killed and only a few pieces of wreckage were recovered, among them a wheel found floating on 3 October.